Research facility network catalyses Europe’s biomass potential

An EU-funded project has made it easier for SMEs and researchers to access world-class testing facilities to trial next generation biofuel feedstocks.

Completed in September 2015, the four-year BRISK project brought together 26 partners from across Europe – various academic and research institutions – to establish a highly visible network of demonstration rigs.

‘Many SMEs and students don’t have access to these facilities,’ explains project coordinator Professor Andrew Martin from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden. ‘The BRISK project sought to open up these rigs to the whole research community, to overcome fragmentation and enable new feedstocks to be tested.’